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Ockham’s Razor

For the benefit of the tiny minority of readers who might be as stoopid as I am, I'd like to point out that the simplest possible solution to a problem is most likely to be the correct answer. So if you discover that your charger doesn't work don't take the thing out of your coach and try to figure out what's wrong with it only to discover you accidentally turned off the breaker in the panel on the front of the bed, just saying... and of course when you discover a couple of weeks later at a different campground that your 120 volt AC powered air compressor doesn't work don't take the breaker panel in front of the bed apart, remove the breaker you think is bad, discover that half the panel is dead, and then notice one of the 50 amp breakers in the campground's power pole is dead... Doh!... not that any of you would look for a complicated problem when it's really a very simple one... cuz yer smart :)

Ockham's Razor (William of Ockham c. 1287 - 1347) states that among competing hypotheses, the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected.
Scott Cook
1991 U300 36' 6V92TA
Old Town Penobscot 16
1984 Honda VF1100C (V65 Magna)

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Reply #1 –
Scott, I agree. I have had several similar things happen over the years. Especially when I worked on banking equipment. Sorry but I had a good laugh at your expense. Thanks

Mark
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Mark and Tanya
Milton , Florida
US Navy Veteran (DV)
1999 U270 Special 40' CAI , 2015 Jeep Wrangler Sahara

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Reply #2 –
Craig's 4th law of dynamic negatives states: "When the last thing you fix makes it work; next time, start there first."

Craig
1993 U225 36' Unihome GV with PACBRAKE exhaust retarder, Banks Stinger and Solar Panels.
Toad: 1999 Jeep Wrangler 2-door soft-top.

"No one has ever had to evacuate a city because the solar panels broke."

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Reply #3 –
...and never ever jump to the conclusion that you cracked a cylinder head just because you see rust on the dipstick when you check the oil... especially if it was a pouring rainstorm the last time you checked the oil and you got water all over the dipstick... nope, I'm not even gonna consider that... at least not now that I've remembered Ockham's Razor :))
Scott Cook
1991 U300 36' 6V92TA
Old Town Penobscot 16
1984 Honda VF1100C (V65 Magna)

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Reply #4 –
Funnnnny! Scott, we can all laugh at your expense because we have probably all done some of the same or similar things.
Royce & Denise, MC #17410
'01 U320 4220 ISM450 Build #5895 SOLD
Toad: '10 Honda CR-V

Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world. - Gustave Flaubert

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Reply #5 –
why is it what you are looking for is ALWAYS in the last place you look
1993 U300, 6v92
build 4366
USAF retired, Flight Engineer, C124, C130
 ATP, A & E.  & ex AI

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Reply #6 –
Quote from: Bill Chaplin –
why is it what you are looking for is ALWAYS in the last place you look

Because you stop searching when you find it!
 
Trent
Trent and Jean Eyler
2000  U295  4003  WTFE  ISC  350
Build#5603 MC#17385

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Reply #7 –
Quote from: TulsaTrent –

Because you stop searching when you find it!

Not all of us....

Craig
1993 U225 36' Unihome GV with PACBRAKE exhaust retarder, Banks Stinger and Solar Panels.
Toad: 1999 Jeep Wrangler 2-door soft-top.

"No one has ever had to evacuate a city because the solar panels broke."
 

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Reply #8 –
Of course you all know Murphy's Law but do you know Johnson's Law...It states that Murphy was an optimist!
Larry
1996 U295 36'
Build # 4805
Actually we sold it but just like to lurk